Nasir Bin Olu Daren Jones (A.K.A. Nas) is an American rapper and actor with an estimated net worth of $17 million. He was born on September 14th, 1973 in New York, New York. He was born into music with his father being a jazz musician from Mississippi. At the age of just four NAS picked up his first instrument and began to play. His instrument in question was the trumpet. By the age of nine he began to be influenced by the emerging genre of rap and began to write his own songs. His parents would divorce the mid 80's which prompted Jones to drop out of school in the 8th grade. NAS made his whole life about music bringing his friend Will Graham into the mix as his DJ. Nasir began to go by name of Kid wave before finally settling on the Nasty Nas. He first gained attention in 1991 when he performed in Main Source's Live at the Barbecue. It was this performance that had Nas being hailed as child prodigy. In 1992 after securing a record deal with Columbia he released his first single, "Halftime". The single was success and soon the word was out on NAS. In 1994 Nas released his first album Illmatic. It had seven popular singles on it and was considered something special. Nas would follow this up this album up with the albums It Was Written," "I Am...," "Nastradamus," "Stillmatic," "From Illmatic to Stillmatic," "The Lost Tapes Vol. 1," and "God's Son."

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones ( /n?:'s??r/; born September 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Nas ( /'n?:z/), is an American rapper and actor. He is also the son of jazz musician Olu Dara. Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums since 1994, four of which topped the Billboard charts upon release and has sold over thirteen-million records in the United States alone. Nas was also part of the hip hop supergroup The Firm, which released one album under Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath. Aside from rapping, Nas is also an occasional actor and has appeared in feature films such as Hype Williams' directorial debut Belly, Ticker and In Too Deep and the television show Hawaii Five-0.His rise to fame began in 1991 with his feature on hip hop group Main Source's debut album on the track "Live at the Barbeque". In the years that followed, Nas garnered attention from music industry A & R's and record labels with more impressive features and a solo single "Halftime". His debut album Illmatic, released in 1994 by Columbia Records, received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip hop community and would go on to be widely hailed as a musical landmark and a classic in the genre and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest LP's of all time. His follow up album It Was Written debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Charts, stayed on top for four consecutive weeks and went platinum twice in only two months, propelling Nas to worldwide notoriety.From 1996 to 2005, Nas was involved in a highly publicized feud with rapper Jay-Z with both artists verbally attacking each other in songs and interviews. The two formally ended their rivalry through duet performances at concerts sponsored by New York City-area hip hop radio stations. In 2006, Nas signed to Def Jam and released his latest two albums; Hip Hop Is Dead in 2006 and an untitled album in 2008. In 2010, he released a collaboration album with renowned reggae artist Damian Marley in which a

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Packages are the applications that make your Synology NAS more than just a glorified network drive. Let’s look at how to install packages, remove them, and even how to add repositories to gain access to even more functionality. There are two ways to add ...

While we wait for Nas‘ next album, the Queens rapper recently teamed up with English singer Joe Fox for a new version of his song, “What’s the Word.” Best known for his work on A$AP Rocky’s At.Long.Last.A$AP, Joe Fox says he met Nas at a party.

Pure rhyme skills are invaluable in hip-hop. However, an artist’s legacy ultimately hinges on the quality of their discography. “Pushin’ drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80’s had us all apes/Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate/That was a ...